Nod Brook State Wildlife Area
Nod Brook State Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 44 m. Ratlum Mountain stands 358 m to the northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sperry Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 44 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of Connecticut
How to reach it
- 25.7 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 28.7 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sperry Park: 0.6 mi
- Weatogue Park: 1.6 mi
- Simsbury State Wildlife Area: 2.4 mi
- Auerfarm State Park Scenic Reserve: 2.8 mi
- West Mountain Park: 3.1 mi
- Avon Historical Society Museum: 0.8 mi
- Phelp's Tavern: 4.1 mi
- Canton Historical Museum: 5.2 mi
- Unionville Museum: 5.4 mi
- Museum of American Political Life: 5.7 mi
- Town Green: 0.8 mi
- River Park: 0.9 mi
- Columbus Circle Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Berman Property: 1.1 mi
- Alsop Meadows: 1.2 mi
- Heublein Tower: 1.3 mi
- King Philip's Cave: 1.8 mi
- Steven Sauter Rock: 3.2 mi
- Drake High Road Bridge: 3.6 mi
- Wreck: 3.7 mi
- Talcott Mountain: 1.3 mi
- King Phillip Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Avon Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Ely Mound: 2.1 mi
- Little Phillip Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Newton C. Brainard: 2.8 mi
- Veeder Cabin Site: 3.9 mi
- Asa Spaulding Porter: 4.0 mi
- Jessie's Community Gardens: 4.1 mi
- Old Grist Mill Site: 5.1 mi
- Perennial Garden: 4.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.1 mi
- Shade Garden: 4.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 4.1 mi
- Primary Garden: 4.1 mi
- Cathles Trail Falls: 6.0 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 6.9 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 7.0 mi
- Northgate Falls: 7.0 mi
- Westledge Trail Cascades: 7.1 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 2.1 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 3.5 mi
- Painted Cow: 5.6 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 5.8 mi
- Cow: 6.0 mi
- Hart Meadow: 2.8 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 2.8 mi
- Garden Wall: 2.9 mi
- Superstructure: 3.8 mi
- Solar Panel: 3.8 mi
- Babbs Beach: 15.0 mi
- Holland Beach: 15.4 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 16.6 mi
- Boating Side: 17.1 mi
- Waterfront: 17.1 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 11.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 12.3 mi
- Big Spring: 13.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 14.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 17.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Nod Brook State Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratlum Mountain | NW 311° | 358 m | 7.3 mi |
| Johnnycake Mountain | WSW 243° | 354 m | 9.9 mi |
| Breezy Hill | WNW 302° | 327 m | 7.2 mi |
| Pine Cone | NNW 345° | 323 m | 9.4 mi |
| Yellow Mountain | W 278° | 310 m | 9.4 mi |
| West Ledge | NNW 334° | 305 m | 6.0 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | WSW 242° | 300 m | 8.5 mi |
| Jones Mountain | WNW 294° | 294 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 6 mi away.
- American Black Bear28 obs
- American burnweed24 obs
- round-lobed hepatica24 obs
- garlic mustard22 obs
- Common Garter Snake21 obs
- American Toad21 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle20 obs
- staghorn sumac20 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1431599933
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 15 mi
- Longmeadow · 20 mi
- Somers · 22 mi
- Tolland · 24 mi
- Blandford · 26 mi
- Hampden · 27 mi
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